1. You’re seeing engagement ring and wedding dress ads everywhere. Whenever your person opens a YouTube video on their laptop or a webpage on their phone to show you something quick, you catch glimpses of wedding-based ads. This is because they have been actively scouring the internet for rings and proposal ideas. They are trying their best to prepare for the big moment. 2. Your friends suggest getting manicures. They know you’re going to want to snap a cute picture as soon as the ring slides on your finger, so…

Firefall at Yosemite National Park Only Happens Once a Year Thanks to nature’s light effects, waterfalls in Yosemite National Park will look like they’re made of fire instead of water! The light will hit the water just right and make the water look reddish orange. This phenomenon only occurs in certain lighting and with light fog and clouds. If there’s too much of either of those things, these firefalls won’t occur. How cool is that! Our earth is so beautiful, and we shouldn’t take it for granted! Love cool videos?…

Man airlifted to hospital after avalanche at SilverStar Mountain Resort CBC.ca In a statement, the resort said the incident occurred just after 12 p.m. PT. Wednesday on a double-black-diamond run located on SilverStar’s Putnam Creek. Read more: www.cbc.ca

With more than 2 billion users, Android has a staggering number of devices to protect. But a "high-severity" bug that went undetected for more than five years—that attackers could exploit to spy on a user and gain access to their accounts—serves as a reminder that Android's impressive open source reach also creates challenges for defending a decentralized ecosystem. Discovered by Sergey Toshin, a mobile security researcher at the threat detection firm Positive Technologies, the bug originated in Chromium, the open-source project that underlies Chrome and many other browsers. As a…

Is 2019 the year we see Katy Perry team up with Taylor Swift?? Possibly! The 365 songstress was on the red carpet of the iHeartRadio Music Awards in El Lay on Thursday night when asked about her former nemesis, and the chance there could be a collab between the two. Their feud reportedly began after some of Tay’s dancers left her to join Katy on tour, even though they were said to be the latter’s dancers from the get-go! Still, it seemed like the now 29-year-old was holding a grudge,…

Don’t you just hate when you get a drink from the vending machine and it comes out warm? We all know that if you want to get the best out of the Coke, it has to be chilled. So it’s no surprise that it got people wondering how to do it as fast as possible. However, not everyone knows that this problem has been solved for us years ago. In 2006 when somebody asked on MetaFilter how long would he have to wait until freezer chills his can of Coke,…

The new Combat Obscura doesn't introduce itself, explain itself, or end in a satisfying way. It's weird, funny, disturbing, brutal, and heartbreakingand one of the best documentaries in years. Combat Obscura is directed by Miles Lagoze, a former Afghanistan with a battalion of the 6th Marine Regiment based in North Carolina. After getting out of the Marine Corps and spending a little time processing his experiences, Lagoze, now 29, enrolled in film school at

Rings and pings: B.C. village celebrates cell service arrival CBC.ca A tiny B.C. township is celebrating the arrival of cell* service *. Port Clements, population 280, lobbied for years to get coverage. Now, the cell tower is up and the signal … Read more: www.cbc.ca

Lothlenan began his series while doing a study of ‘Mr. and Mrs. Andrews’ by Thomas Gainsborough in his free time as a way to strengthen his painting skills. Perhaps out of the need to exhilarate his studying experience, Lothlenan decided to ‘spice things up’ a little bit by portraying the Earl of Lemongrab from ‘Adventure Time’ as Mr. Andrews – the original protagonist of Gainsborough’s painting. #2 Le Printemps (Pierre Auguste Cot) As Princess Bubblegum And Marceline Le Printemps (or Springtime) is an oil-on-canvas painting from mid-19th century done by…

Courtesy of Applebee’s Applebee’s’ $2 Absolut Rainbow Punch For March 2019 Will Have You Feeling Lucky By Lara Walsh 7 days ago With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, Applebee’s is helping you get lucky early with a seriously festive drink of the month promo. Get ready to take your tastebuds on a rainbow-hued adventure, because Applebee’s’ $2 Absolut Rainbow Punch for March 2019 sounds like a delicious twist on a Moscow Mule with hints of green apple and a candy rainbow to top it all off. Move over,…

Is it a coincidence that the first day of spring and the beginning of Aries season falls on the same day? Winter has been taking a toll on all of us, and finally, the feeling of warmth is creeping in and making us feel good. Aries (March 21–April 19) With your confidence and energy, you know you’re going to get the things you want during this time because this is season! Sure, your can-do attitude is admirable, but you don’t want to jump head first into a relationship. In order…

There’s still a great deal of taboo around the subject of death in western societies; we struggle at times to come to terms with our own mortality and when a loved one dies, we usually leave it to a funeral home to take care of awkward matters for us. Image credits: reillymouse recently decided to share her ‘fun funeral facts’ and it really got people talking. It’s heartbreaking to think that there are unscrupulous businesses out there, taking advantage of people’s grief to squeeze more cash from them. But such…

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 20 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles from Facebook, Twitter, and email; videos come from everywhere. Any suggestions? Send a note to submit@twistedsifter.com 20 IMAGES – Friday! – Think fast – How does one turn with balls that big? – I need a word with the teacher that marked this incorrect – This week in the joys of parenting – Can’t forget this Dad, dadding…